Toward a Just New Orleans

NEW! “Toward a Just New Orleans”

Last week marked a decade since Hurricane Katrina and failed levees forever altered the lives and landscape of the Gulf South. Facing this monumental anniversary, New Orleans weathered a different kind of maelstrom as camera crews and resiliency experts flocked to the city to commemorate, debate, and sometimes pontificate about lessons learned and strategies for moving forward in the next ten years.

Land of Opportunity has itself been in existence for close to a decade, as an ongoing effort to make sense of what happened – and all that has happened since. We’ve written previously about the showmanship of “anniversary moments,” and the iterative importance of continuing to tell stories of recovery. The question now is, and will continue to be, “How can the next one be different?

In this spirt we’re excited to release the interactive version of “Toward a Just New Orleans,” a short documentary produced in collaboration with the Ford Foundation that features the voices of community advocates, residents and non-profit leaders addressing the challenges and opportunities New Orleans faces ten years later. This rich media version features additional footage, data and research – and allows users to make connections between New Orleans and other communities. View “Toward a Just New Orleans” here.